Possible Tornado damages homes in Sharp and Izard County
Home on Strawberry Valley Road Home damaged on Strawberry Valley Road Destroyed home on Jack's Schoolhouse Road at Evening Shade Destroyed home on Jack's Schoolhouse Road at Evening Shade A mobile home near Evening Shade pushed off its foundation, notice porch in front. Flooding near damaged homes Downed trees near Strawberry Valley Road near Evening Shade NAEC equipment working to restore power March 7. The Stan and Jessica Goodman arena on Ridge…
Lady Bears move to Finals in State Playoffs
By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The Mammoth Spring Lady Bears continue to make school history. After a stellar year, they have already conquered milestones most will never accomplish. They were both district and regional champions and made it to the Elite Eight, then the Top Four and just moments ago crossed one last hurdle to make it to the Finals ...53-20, defeating Kingston in the Semi Finals. The Lady Bears will play…
For the love of America: Local truckers join The People’s Convoy
God has put this on my heart for a while and my husband has went along with my madness. I am one lucky girl. So we started on this journey just yesterday and caught up with the Peoples Convoy this morning in west Oklahoma. It has been an amazing and emotional day. The love, support and patriotism is something I cannot describe. Jennifer Gill By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The show of…
Local roper finishes seventh at International Finals Rodeo
“Having a rodeo husband isn’t for the faint of heart. Rodeo is a such a unique sport such as there is so much preparation, hard work that gets put into it just for a few seconds of performance." Hadley roping at a recent PRCA event in Mississippi in February. By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Living the rodeo life isn’t for the faint of heart, but for long time local cowboy Hadley DeShazo…
Icy roads claim life of Salem man, injures three others
By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Icy roads were the cause of a fatal accident on Feb. 23 on U.S. Highway 62/412 just west of Salem in Fulton County. The accident also resulted in injuries to three passengers. The accident occurred at 12:25 p.m. when 23 year old Austin Freeman’s 2008 Dodge Ram 2500 that was pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with logs lost control during sleet and freezing rain on a downhill…
